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DIVISIONAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit
Example:
fractional currency is currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
Classified under:
Similar:
fractional (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety)
Derivation:
division (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serving to divide or marking a division
Example:
the divisional line between two states
Classified under:
Similar:
disjunctive (serving or tending to divide or separate)
Derivation:
division (the act or process of dividing)
division (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to a military division
Example:
divisional artillery
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)
Derivation:
division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)
